Vinny Saponari's Career Statistics at Northeastern
2012-13: Registered his sixth-career multi-point game at NU in the season opener with a pair of assists against Merrimack (Oct. 10)…assisted on Kevin Roy’s goal against Merrimack (Nov. 2)…scored his first goal of the year at Merrimack (Nov. 3)…registered his sixth-career two-assist outing at NU against Alabama-Huntsville (Nov. 10)…tossed in his second goal of the season against Alabama-Hunstville (Nov. 11)…logged his first power play goal of the season at Providence (Nov. 16)…assisted on Kevin Roy’s goal at Vermont (Nov. 18)…assisted on Ludwig Karlsson’s goal against St. Lawrence (Nov. 23) to maintain a career-best seven-game point streak…assisted on Kevin Roy’s goal against Massachusetts…assisted on Cody Ferriero’s first of three consecutive power play goals at Harvard (Dec. 29)…netted his second-consecutive game winning goal against his former club along with an assist at Boston University (Jan. 18)…assisted on Robbie Vrolyk’s goal against Boston College (Jan. 19)…turned in his third two-assist performance against UMass Lowell (Jan. 25)…assisted on Braden Pimm’s power play goal to post a career high four-game assist streak at UMass Lowell (Jan. 26)…netted his fifth goal of the year against New Hampshire (Feb. 1)…notched his first Beanpot point at Northeastern with an assist on Kevin Roy’s first goal against Boston University in the first round of the 61st annual Beanpot Tournament to nudge his scoring streak to six games (Feb. 4)…tallied his first-career playmaker (three assists in a game) and first three-point outing as a Husky in the Beanpot finals against Boston College to match a season-best seven-game point streak (Feb. 11)…recorded his 19th assist of the season, a career-high, on Cody Ferriero’s power play goal against Vermont (Feb. 16)…returned to the scoring sheet with his sixth goal of the season against Providence (Feb. 23)…registered his third-career goal-scoring streak with Northeastern’s lone tally at Maine (March 1)…notched his second playmaker of the season at Maine (March 2) and is now one point shy from the 100-point plateau
2011-12: Earned the ‘
Huskies Radio Most Exciting Player’ award after skating in all 34 contests and finishing fourth on the team in points with 23…scored both Huskies’ overtime goals this season…tied for second on the team with 16 assists…recorded a pair of assists in his first career game as a Husky against Massachusetts (Oct. 7)…notched his second-straight multi-point game with an assists and just the second short-handed goal in Hockey East play in the opening weekend at Maine (Oct. 9)…provided Steve Quailler with an assist on his power play goal against Boston College (Oct. 22)…assisted on Justin Daniels’ goal at New Hampshire (Oct. 29)…assembled a season-best three-game point streak with an assist on Justin Daniels’ tally at Merrimack (Nov. 4)…secured his second multi-assist effort against Vermont (Nov. 19)…posted his third two assist outing of the season at Notre Dame (Dec. 2)…potted his second goal of the season against Princeton (Dec. 30)…netted his first power play goal as a Husky in his 100th-career collegiate game at Minnesota (Dec. 31), marking the first time he scored goals in back-to-back game at Northeastern…assisted on Ludwig Karlsson’s power play goal against Boston University (Jan. 13)… assisted on Garrett Vermeersch’s goal against Boston College at Fenway Park (Jan. 14) to push his point streak to a season-high four games…assisted on Garrett Vermeersch’s goal against UMass Lowell (Jan. 21)…registered his fourth two assist outing of the season at Vermont (Jan. 27)…tallied the game-winning overtime goal agaist Massachusetts (Feb. 3), his first game-winning goal at Northeastern…capped NU’s win against Maine with an empty-net goal (Feb. 24)…tallied goals in consecutive games for the first time at Northeastern with his third power play goal of the season against Maine (Feb. 25)…assisted on Ludwig Karlsson’s power play goal in his first trip back to Boston University as a Husky (March 2)…provided the second overtime winner of the season against his old club, Boston University (March 3), at 2:35 into the extra frame to close out with his second four-game point streak of the season.
Before NU: Spent last season with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League after skating with Boston University for two seasons from 2008 to 2010…in 2010-11, named to the All-USHL Second Team while helping Dubuque capture the Clark Cup (USHL Championship) after a 37-14-9 season…finished sixth in the USHL in scoring with 64 points (18-46-64) in 56 games while tying for 19th in the league with a +17 plus/minus rating…notched the third most assists in the league (48) and tied for the third most power play (19) and short-handed helpers (3)…logged the seventh most shots in the USHL (196).
At Boston University: In 2009-10, finished with 30 points (12-18-30) and helped the Terriers to an 18-17-3 mark…scored a goal against UMass Lowell on Oct. 31 ...tallied a goal and an assist at Merrimack on Nov. 13...notched seven points (1-6-7) in five-game point streak from Nov. 20-Dec. 4…assisted on both of Zach Cohen's goals in 6-5 win at Harvard on Nov. 24…registered two assists against Vermont on Dec. 4…assisted on both of Colby Cohen's goals, including the game-winner, in 7-3 win at Massachusetts on Jan. 2…tallied a career-best three points with two assists and an empty-net goal in 6-4 win over Merrimack on Jan. 16…scored a goal in 5-4 win at Boston College on Jan. 22 that was chosen as ESPN's Top Play of the day…netted a power-play goal in 6-2 win over Massachusetts on Jan. 29…posted six points (3-3-6) in four-game point streak from Jan. 16-23…in 2008-09, appeared in 44 contests and notched 17 points (8-9-17) as part of the 2009 NCAA National Championship and Hockey East Championship squads…ranked third among freshmen on the team with 17 points (8g, 9a)…scored a power-play goal in the NCAA semifinals vs. Vermont on April 9 to earn Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors…scored first career goal in a 5-2 win against Merrimack in the league opener on Oct. 17…named to Hockey East Honor Roll on Feb. 9.
Before BU: Two-year member of the Under-17 and Under-18 U.S. National Team Development Program as part of USA Hockey in Ann Arbor, Mich.…in 2007-08, finished third on the U-18 team in scoring with 36 points (13-23-36)…called up from the U-17 team to the U-18 team in 2007 and helped Team USA claim the silver medal at the World U-18 Championships…scored a short-handed goal in the championship game…tallied two assists on bronze-medal U-18 team at 2008 World Championships…in 2005-06, led Culver Academy (Ind.) in scoring and played in the 2005 Bantam national championship.
Personal: Born January 15, 1990… drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers (Winnipeg Jets) in the fourth round, 94th overall, of the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft…attended the Culver Academy and Ann Arbor Pioneer High School …enjoys golfing… plans to major in history…Class of 2013.
